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Micractis bojeri

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Identification
Micractis bojeri DC. [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Limnogenneton abyssinicum
  • Sigesbeckia abyssinica
  • Criphiospermum abyssinicum
  • Micractis bojeri
  • Cryphiospermum abyssinicum
  • Siegesbeckia abyssinica

Flora

Entry for Micractis bojeri DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, Part Part 3, page 547, (2005) Author: H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind
Names
Micractis bojeri DC. [family COMPOSITAE], Prodr. 5: 620 (1836); Schulz in Gleditschia 18, 2: 214 (1990). Type: Madagascar, Bojer 59 (G-DC, holo., microfiche)
Limnogenneton abyssinicum Sch.Bip. [family ], in Walp. Rep. 6: 147 (1846). Types: Ethiopia, near Adoa, Schimper 1099 (W, holo., FT, G, GH, K!, LG, LZ, MO, S, UPS, US, iso.)
Cryphiospermum abyssinicum (Sch.Bip.) Schweinf. [family ], Beitr. Fl. Aeth.: 284 (1867)
Sigesbeckia abyssinica (Sch.Bip.) Oliv. & Hiern [family COMPOSITAE], F.T.A. 3: 372 (1877); Wild in Kirkia 6: 37 (1967); Maquet in Fl. Rwanda 3: 620, fig. 191/1 (1985); Lisowski, Asterac. Fl. Afr. Centr. 1: 179, t. 39 (1991); U.K.W.F. ed. 2: 215, t. 88 (1994)
Micractis abyssinica (Sch.Bip.) Chiov. [family COMPOSITAE], in Ann. Bot. Roma 9: 73 (1911)
Information
Annual or sometimes ?short-lived perennial herb 0.3–2.5 m high; stem often purple, branches scabridulous to glabrous. Leaves ovate or narrowly ovate, 2–22 cm long, 0.7–9.5 cm wide, base gradually narrowing, the very base connate with that of opposite leaf, margins finely serrate to serrate, apex acuminate or attenuate, scabrid or scabridulous above, thinly pubescent and glandular beneath; 3-veined from base. Capitula in terminal and axillary lax panicles; stalks of individual capitula 1–4 mm long; involucre 3–5.5 mm long (but sometimes closely subtended by leafy bracts to 12 mm long), 5–8 mm in diameter, the phyllaries pilose, ciliate; paleae 3 mm long, glandular. Ray florets many, in 2 rows but may look as if uniseriate, yellow, tube 0.5–0.8 mm long and glandular, ray 0.8–1 mm long; disc florets many, yellow, 1–1.8 mm long, the tube glandular. Achenes dark brown, obovoid, 1.8–2.5 mm long, 4-angled, glabrous; pappus absent. Fig. 168 (page 775).
Range
DISTR. U 2, 3; K 3–6; T 1–4, 7, 8 from Nigeria to Ethiopia and south to Congo (Kinshasa) and Malawi; Madagascar
Altitude range
1350–2750 m
Distribution
KENYA Naivasha District S Kinangop, Dec. 1960, Verdcourt et al. 3030!KENYA Meru District Kangeta school, Sep. 1967, Hanid & Kiniaruh 1025!KENYA Kericho District SW Mau, Sambret, Kerfoot 2902!TANZANIA Masai/Mbulu District Ngorongoro Crater, Sep. 1932, Burtt 4333!TANZANIA Lushoto District Kungului, Mar. 1971, Shabani 675!TANZANIA Mbeya District above Kitakalo Mission, Dec. 1963, Richards 18562!UGANDA Kigezi District Kisoro, Bufumbura, Nov. 1946, Purseglove 2295!UGANDA Toro District 5 km W of Kilembe, June 1970, Lye & Katende 5543!UGANDA Mbale District Butandiga, Dec. 1938, A.S.Thomas 2562!
Notes
USES.None recorded on specimens from our areaCONSERVATION Least concern (LC)

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